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[CITE: 5USC8444]

 
             TITLE 5--GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES
 
                           PART III--EMPLOYEES
 
                   Subpart G--Insurance and Annuities
 
            CHAPTER 84--FEDERAL EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM
 
                    SUBCHAPTER IV--SURVIVOR ANNUITIES
 
Sec. 8444. Rights of a named individual with an insurable 
        interest
        
    The annuity of a survivor named under section 8420(a) is 55 percent 
of the reduced annuity of the retired employee or Member determined 
under paragraph (2) of such section 8420(a). The annuity of the survivor 
commences on the day after the retired employee or Member dies. This 
annuity and the right thereto terminate on the last day of the month 
before the survivor dies.

(Added Pub. L. 99-335, title I, Sec. 101(a), June 6, 1986, 100 Stat. 
563.)

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 8420 of this title.
